Example sentences of "they make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They make major depredations on oyster beds and the recent activities of the ‘ Crown of Thorns ’ starfish ( Acanthaster ) in chewing up great chunks of the Great Barrier Reef have become a modern ecological object lesson ( and , incidentally , a source of funds for many marine biologists ) . |
| 2 | Thus , it is not uncommon to find Comte , Durkheim , Marx , and Weber all described as positivists , even though from many points of view they make strange bedfellows . |
| 3 | The solution has been the opening of three Protocols for ratification by the nuclear States , whereby they make certain commitments with respect to the zone . |
| 4 | They make sure fire instructions are clearly displayed and that fire fighting equipment is in its correct place . |
| 5 | They make snap decisions . |
| 6 | If ever they make Maundy Thursday a holiday of course then there are jobs in which it will be the norm to go home on Wednesday lunchtime . |
| 7 | I never thought er Mrs that I 'd be seeing , I 'd like to see the excreta first but er could it be , could it be a dormouse because they enjoy the insects and berries and they make similar type holes . |
| 8 | They say they 're going to stop , they make all kinds of worthless promises , and always revert to their habit . |
| 9 | I wonder how they make that dog walk on the ceiling . |
| 10 | They make oral sex safer because if placed over the vulva , they prevent HIV transmission through infected vaginal juices or menstrual blood getting into a partner 's mouth — particularly if your partner has bleeding gums , mouth ulcers or cuts . |
| 11 | We talk to hoteliers and developers on a day to day basis , we work with them as they make long term plans . |
| 12 | He says ‘ His rules made good sense then and they make better sense now as the pressures grow inexorably , yet they have been ignored in certain sensitive areas , with results which are both plain and heart-rending to see . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ He says they should save old newspapers because , I quote , ‘ folded up tight they make good logs for the fire and , in extremis ’ — that 's what he says , the fucker , in extremis — ‘ they make better insulation than wool . ’ ‘ |
| 14 | Not only are their resources in demand , but they make powerful appeals to instinct and emotion . |
| 15 | Local large employers could also be encouraged to establish departments providing work experience for people with long-term disabilities , provided they received financial incentives in the form of capital grants and revenue support : employers should not be expected to provide charitable funds or investment , although they can provide an atmosphere of tolerance , access for sheltered workers to the benefits which other employees enjoy ( such as sports and canteen facilities ) , and a willingness to consider these supported workers for more general employment if they make good progress . |
| 16 | Now things like erm , well one of my old favourites Arran Pilot i if you dig it out when it 's young , then of course it stays as it should , cos it 's a very very waxy potato but , but I can remember growing varieties like Majestic and things like that and I mean they would never fall , they would never fall in the water but they make good chips er of the modern varieties I think I 'd go for er Kondor with a K er which is a very very good potato and does stay as it is i in the ground but one other thing I think also comes into it . |
| 17 | They make good pot plants and the flowers have particularly attractive markings . |
| 18 | When planted in threes or fives they make good clumps to grow and flower above other plantings . |
| 19 | Good cats keep the 'ome free from rodents an' they make good pets . |
| 20 | They make good employees for ‘ us ’ : a transfer has now occurred , for the pronoun now refers to commercial enterprises , financed by the World Bank . |
| 21 | ‘ He says they should save old newspapers because , I quote , ‘ folded up tight they make good logs for the fire and , in extremis ’ — that 's what he says , the fucker , in extremis — ‘ they make better insulation than wool . ’ ‘ |
| 22 | Thus it would be perfectly possible for a sexist to argue from the very findings reported in this chapter that women make poor leaders and high-pressure salespersons because of their lack of assertiveness , whereas they make good carers ( nurses , home helps and so on ) because of their sensitivity to the needs of other people in conversation . |
| 23 | Nor are there any madrigalian extravagances in Hassler 's madrigals ; they make good use of antiphony between higher and lower voice-groups as in the openings of ‘ Ach Schatz , ich thu dir klagen ’ and ‘ Fahr hin , guts Liedelein ’ ; but they lack rhythmic spring . |
| 24 | Their models are their own or each others ' motets and chansons and the chansons of such Parisian colleagues as Claudin de Sermisy , and they make fuller use of the whole polyphonic complex of the model than their predecessors had done : how flexibly may be seen by comparing the opening of the Kyrie of Clemens 's already mentioned Mass ‘ Misericorde ’ : with that of his chanson ‘ Misericorde au martir amoureulx ’ : Bars 3–5 of the Kyrie are not the extraneous interpolation they seem to be ; they come from bars 18–20 of the chanson : |
| 25 | Initially they make respectful small-talk about him , but their comments grow increasingly resentful as it becomes apparent he will not show up . |
| 26 | They make challenging comments and behave in a markedly different way to the rest of the children in the class . ’ |
| 27 | They do not ‘ solve ’ intractable problems , but they make other organizations carry the can for policy failures , a factor which commonly underlies systems which accord wide discretion to local governments . |
| 28 | Well here are the answers and they make shameful reading for Premier John Major . |
| 29 | In the region they make electrical goods , including computers in Manchester , canned , bottled and processed foods such as biscuits , cat food and sauces , including Heinz baked beans in Wigan ; all manner of packaging and printing ; shoes , cigarettes and furniture . |
| 30 | they make black-box flight recorders out of . |